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2013 ANNUAL REPORTUNITED NATIONS CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND

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Cover: a displaced child stands near a water-distribution point in the m’Poko airport camp in bangui, Central african republic. © oCHa/Phil mooremap source: United Nations Cartographic section

2013 ANNUAL REPORTUNITED NATIONS CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND

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FOREWORDthe Central Emergency response Fund (CErF) had another record year in 2013, as donors contributed Us$477 million to support emergency response efforts in 45 countries.

Whether in high-profile natural disasters or forgotten emergencies, the humanitarian community once again relied on rapid and strategic CErF funding to kick-start the response and to keep life-saving programmes running.

CErF enabled UN agencies and Ngos to respond quickly to humanitarian crises including the highest-level emergencies in the Central african republic, south sudan and syria. CErF was also used to boost the humanitarian response in crises that were underfunded, allocating an unprecedented $175 million to address humanitarian needs in countries including algeria, bangladesh and Colombia.

the strategic management of CErF continued to improve, as the CErF secretariat implemented all the recommendations contained in the management response Plan from its five-year evaluation and further refined its Performance and accountability Framework.

i am profoundly grateful to the donors—including 68 member states, corporations, regional governments and many private individuals—who demonstrated their faith in CErF’s effectiveness and gave generously. as humanitarian needs continue to grow, with conflicts and natural disasters becoming more numerous and intense, funding needs will be substantial in 2014.

i appeal to UN member states, the private sector and individuals to support CErF generously again, so that it can continue to ensure that life-saving assistance reaches people in need, quickly and equitably.

Valerie amosUnder-secretary-general for Humanitarian affairs and Emergency relief CoordinatorJune 2014

Ms. Valerie Amos, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, in Myanmar.

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The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is a global humanitarian fund with an annual funding target of $450 million. It is one of the fastest and most effective ways to support rapid humanitarian response for people affected by natural disasters and armed conflict.the countries that comprise the United Nations (UN) created CErF after recognizing that financial support for emergencies could be too slow and too uneven. lives were being lost before aid operations could begin, and these operations were not receiving enough funding to meet the levels of need, often because they were far from the public eye.

CErF funding represents a fraction of global humanitarian spending—just 3.4 per cent of $14.3 billion in 2013. but its role is crucial: CErF provides the right amount of financial support to the right programmes at the right time, whether at the onset of an emergency, or when funding shortages threaten to halt life-saving activities.

CERF BACKGROUND

the UN general assembly established CErF on 15 december 2005 to upgrade the Central Emergency revolving Fund. it was launched in march 2006.

since then, CErF has become one of the most important and trusted humanitarian funding mechanisms. it has consistently provided fast and fair funding, allocating more than $3.5 billion to emergency relief efforts in 88 countries since its inception.

the UN office for the Coordination of Humanitarian affairs (oCHa) manages CErF and hosts the CErF secretariat in New york.

the UN Under-secretary-general for Humanitarian affairs and Emergency relief Coordinator (ErC), Valerie amos, approves all CErF allocations. grants are allocated to UN programmes, specialized agencies and funds, as well as to the international organization for migration (iom). CErF also has a loan facility of $30 million.

CErF’s objectives are to:• Promote early action and response to

reduce loss of life.• Enhance response to time-critical

requirements.• strengthen core elements of

humanitarian response in underfunded crises.

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How CERF WorksCErF receives contributions from various donors—mainly governments, but also private companies, foundations, charities and individuals—into a single fund. this is set aside for immediate use during crises.

in emergencies, humanitarian organizations on the ground get together and apply jointly for funding. Funds are immediately released if these proposals meet CErF’s criteria, i.e. the needs are urgent and the activities will save lives.

With money at hand, organizations such as the World Food Programme (WFP) can provide food during a drought; the UN Children’s Fund (UNiCEF) can keep children safe during conflict; the World Health organization (WHo) can provide medical care after an earthquake; and the UN refugee agency (UNHCr) can buy tents to shelter people who fled their homes in a war zone.

In emergency situations, aid workers identify the most urgent types of

life-saving assistance that affected people need, such as shelter, food,

clean water and medicine.Donors contribute to CERF before urgent needs arise.

CONTRIBUTIONS IDENTIFYINGHUMANITARIAN NEEDS

UN agencies, IOM and their humanitarian partners work together

to prioritize life-saving relief activities. They request CERF

funding through the top UN official in the country.

The CERF secretariat pools these donations

into a single fund.

MANAGING FUNDS REQUESTING CERF FUNDING

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Based on expert advice from aid workers on the ground, the ERC distributes CERF funding.

ALLOCATING FUNDS

Recipient organizations use the money for life-saving aid operations. They always track spending and impact, report back to CERF and return

unused funds.

SAVING LIVES

KICK-STARTING MAjOR AID OPERATIONS

IN ThE PhILIPPINESWithin 48 hours of super typhoon Haiyan striking

the Philippines, $25 million from CErF’s rapid-response window was authorized for UN agencies

to use. these agencies were able to kick-start their life-saving operations to provide food,

clean water, health care and shelter to millions of people. the $25 million was only 3 per cent

of the $788 million needed to address all needs, but it had a significant impact because it was

available first.

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A UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination team lands in the Philippines to support Government-led efforts.

Super Typhoon Haiyan—one of the most powerful storms ever recorded—makes landfall and cuts a path across the Philippines.

The massive scale of destruction and loss of life is immediately evident. A total of 16 million people are affected.

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confirm massive humanitarian needs.

The ERC, the United Nations Resident Coordinator, OCHA Philippines and the CERF secretariat discuss

an immediate CERF allocation to jump-start the emergency response.

A neighbourhood in Tacloban, Philippines, after Super Typhoon Haiyan struck in November 2013.

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CERF is QUICk: Rapid Responsemost lives are saved in the immediate aftermath of a crisis, such as a cyclone, an earthquake or a tsunami. this is when time is of the essence and it is critical that emergency relief operations get under way quickly.

the challenge is that fundraising and signing agreements with donors take time, but humanitarian first responders need money immediately. and as time passes, people become more desperate and more lives are lost.

CErF helps to remedy this problem through its rapid-response window. rapid-response grants, which can be approved in as little as 48 hours, are deployed immediately to save lives at the beginning of a crisis while governments determine how much to donate and before charities and public fundraisers mobilize money.

CERF is EQUITablE: Underfunded EmergenciesCErF also serves another critical function: it provides funding to the world’s most neglected and underfunded crises. When a disaster is front-page news, donors are motivated to help. but when a disaster fades from the headlines, or never makes the headlines, it is much harder to raise funds. the needs, however, are no less significant.

CErF helps to address this imbalance through its underfunded-emergencies window. twice per year, grants are disbursed for emergencies that have not attracted, or are unlikely to attract, sufficient funding for life-saving activities in time. these underfunded grants support operations where acute humanitarian needs are far greater than the funding available. CErF funds enable better coverage of core humanitarian or life-saving activities.

A system-wide level-three emergency (the highest emergency designation) is declared.

The humanitarian community launches the $301 million HaiyanAction Appeal (HAP).

Humanitarian partners submit requests for funding to rush aid to people affected by the storm as CERF works with OCHA Philippines to review and finalize project proposals.

The Humanitarian Coordinator submits a $25 million request for 17 life-saving projects.

ERC approves projects.

Grants are disbursed to UN agencies. CERF funding

accounts for more than 30 per cent of the $81 million

contributed to the HAP.ERC announces CERF allocation.

Assured that CERF money is on its way, relief agencies jump-start their programmes to provide shelter, clean water, medicine, health services and food to hundreds of thousands of people struggling to cope in the aftermath of the storm.


KEEPING CRITICAL AID GOING IN ERITREA

in 2013, a $3 million allocation from CErF’s underfunded-emergencies window allowed six humanitarian agencies to provide food, health

care and clean water to thousands of people affected by conflict and drought in Eritrea.

CErF was the largest single funding source for life-saving humanitarian programmes in Eritrea in

2013. Without it, much of the aid activity would never have happened.

A mother and her child take part in a UNICEF nutritional project in Eritrea.

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2013 Year in Review2013 was a year of massive humanitarian needs. according to oCHa, $10.1 billion was needed globally to provide assistance to 51 million people at the start of the year.

in 2013, $482 million1 in CErF funds supported aid agencies responding to crises in 45 countries. two thirds of that total, some $307 million, kick-started aid operations in emergencies ranging from the conflicts in the Central african republic (Car), south sudan, sudan and syria, to the massive storm that devastated the Philippines.

another $175 million, a record high since CErF became operational, went to life-saving programmes to help people in underfunded humanitarian crises, such as bangladesh, Eritrea, liberia and mauritania, from CErF’s underfunded-emergencies window.

as illustrated in the allocation map and timeline on page 12, the first quarter of 2013 was busy for CErF, with some $137 million approved. large allocations to deepening crises in syria and sudan dominated the year’s second and third quarters, with significant amounts also going to responses in the democratic republic of the Congo (drC), myanmar and south sudan. the last two months of the year saw a $25.3 million allocation to the Philippines after super typhoon Haiyan struck, as well as $9.8 million for humanitarian action in Car, where conditions worsened rapidly.

in 2013, CErF allocated the greatest proportion of its funds, some 66 per cent, to conflict responses. this is the highest percentage since the fund’s inception in 2006. the majority of conflict-related grants went to projects in sudan, syria, somalia and mali. due to exponential growth in humanitarian needs stemming from the syria crisis, allocations to the middle East increased by more than 50 per cent from the previous year. this is the largest proportion of CErF funding that region has ever received in a year.

in september, CErF made its largest-ever single contribution to support a coordinated response to a single crisis, providing $50 million to UN humanitarian agencies in syria and neighbouring countries.

the top three CErF-recipient aid operations in 2013 were in sudan, syria and the Philippines. in sudan, internal conflicts in darfur and south Kordofan flared up, displacing people at a pace not seen in nearly a decade. in syria, the number of people who needed assistance more than doubled during the year. the Philippines received funding to help the emergency responses to conflicts in mindanao and Zamboanga, to an earthquake on the island Province of bohol and to the typhoon that struck in November. (see annex ii on page 33 for details about CErF recipients in 2013.)

in short, CErF was a critical part of the humanitarian response to almost every major crisis during 2013. it played a crucial role in kick-starting operations and humanitarian action in crises that may otherwise have failed to attract sufficient resources. With less than $500 million at its disposal, CErF could not be a main contributor to these aid operations, for which requirements rose to $12.8 billion by the end of 2013. therefore, CErF made sure that its money went to the right programmes at the right time and had maximum impact.

the following sections provide examples of where this was carried out in 2013 through CErF’s rapid-response and underfunded-emergencies windows. Please see annex V for details about CErF allocations by recipient agency, window, emergency type, humanitarian sector and region.

Children stand in the entrance of their tent in Syria’s Aleppo Governorate. ©UNICEF/Pirozzi

1 CERF raised $477 million for 2013, but it was able to allocate $482 million because of funds carried over from previous years.


before, there was nothing...today I came here to seek treatment for myself and my grandchildren. This changed my life.

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Kadija musa issa is a 70-year-old Kalma Camp resident. she lost her son to an unknown illness and now takes care of his three children—her grandchildren.

A child shelters in the Kalma camp for internally displaced

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SUDaNin april 2013, 50,000 people fleeing inter-tribal violence poured into Kalma Camp—southern darfur’s largest camp for internally displaced people. the camp’s population grew to 132,000 people in just weeks.

local community groups immediately identified the lack of basic health care as one of the most critical problems facing Kalma residents, especially in sector 8 where the bulk of new arrivals settled. the collapsing stick-and-thatch medical area was immediately overwhelmed.

With funds from CErF and other donors, the american refugee Council (arC) opened a new medical facility in sector 8, bringing health-and-nutrition services closer to more than 32,000 people. CErF allocated over $8 million to six UN agencies in 2013 to ease the strain on stretched resources in camps throughout sudan, and to help more than 1.6 million people. WHo received part of the allocation ($472,000) to ensure primary health-care services through partners such as arC.


The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Final boundary between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not yet been determined.

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Rapid Response in 2013: kick-Starting Emergency Operationsin line with CErF’s mandate, two thirds of the money allocated in 2013 (some $307 million) went through its rapid-response window. these allocations were made to 37 countries that either were dealing with a crisis or experiencing a deterioration of a crisis. in these cases, humanitarian agencies depend on CErF’s ability to approve funding quickly at the onset of the crisis. this is a critical period, as many lives are saved or lost in the first few days after an emergency.

Crisis in Syria: Funding Follows Needs across bordersas CErF is a global fund, it has a major advantage in its ability to support a regional response to large-scale emergencies. given CErF’s reach, it can react quickly when emergencies and humanitarian needs cross borders.

For example, syria was one of the most brutal conflicts of 2013, affecting more than 4 million people. in april, the ErC allocated some $20.4 million to nine UN agencies working inside syria. the allocations went to programmes to help 3.1 million crisis-affected people.

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2013 CERF ALLOCATIONS TO SYRIA and NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES

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the following month, CErF provided another rapid-response grant of $10 million to two UN agencies to expand refugee assistance in central-eastern Jordan. With an allocation of $5 million, UNHCr provided emergency shelter for new arrivals. at the same time, UNiCEF received $5 million to provide water, sanitation and hygiene facilities.

in september, the ErC made the largest-ever single allocation of $50 million for syria and neighbouring countries. a total of $20 million supported aid operations inside syria, $17.5 million helped to scale up efforts in lebanon and $5 million boosted humanitarian programmes for refugees in Jordan. another $10 million went to UN humanitarian agencies in iraq to help syrians who fled there. by the end of 2013, CErF’s support for the response to the syria conflict reached $82.7 million—the highest amount for a single crisis in 2013.

CErF represented only a small fraction of the $3 billion received for humanitarian programmes in and around syria, but its allocations made a difference by funding some of the most urgent programmes when they were needed most.

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MARShALL ISLANDSin early 2013, 6,400 people on the remote

marshall islands in the Pacific ocean faced an acute shortage of fresh water and food due to

prolonged drought.

aid agencies and donors were prepared to provide emergency relief. but with more than

1,000 marshall islands strewn across 1.26 million km2 of ocean, transport was a major obstacle.

a timely $1 million grant from CErF helped iom to establish air and sea bridges to deliver life-saving relief to 677 households on islands

as far as 640 kilometres from the capital, majuro.

The CERF grant is essential to our operations. We are getting a sea bridge organized, which will bring water, water containers, health and hygiene kits, food and personnel to where they are most needed.

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Islanders from Maloelap Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands bring emergency food aid ashore.

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2013 CERF ALLOCATIONS to POLIO RESPONSE in KENYA, SOMALIA and YEMEN

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CErF’s added value was also demonstrated in Kenya, somalia and yemen, where it provided funds to the right programme at the right time. in July 2013, a polio outbreak threatened millions of people across the region. based on a joint request from humanitarian country teams, CErF immediately allocated $6.5 million to inoculate nearly 5.5 million children in Kenya, somalia and yemen.

in Kenya, WHo and UNiCEF conducted emergency vaccination campaigns for 900,000 children, including many in refugee camps. in somalia, emergency vaccination campaigns targeted more than 2 million children. at the same time, campaigns in yemen reached an estimated 2.5 million children in areas where immunization coverage had been interrupted in the previous two years. Not only did these coordinated campaigns save lives, but they also helped to prevent the outbreak from spreading further.

Containing the Spread of an Epidemic


CERF helped pastoralists in rural Bolivia recover from the

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despite a wealth of experience in dealing with the unforgiving arid conditions of their region, thousands of rural bolivian families were pushed beyond their means by prolonged drought in 2013.

With hunger threatening 17,000 families, CErF allocated a $2.4 million rapid-response grant so that humanitarian partners could quickly get help under way. UNiCEF, WFP and WHo delivered critical food, health and nutrition assistance.

the Food and agriculture organization (Fao) provided improved seeds and training in new farming techniques. and because animals such as alpaca, vicuna and sheep are fundamental to the livelihoods of the rural farmers and pastoralists of the high andean mountains, Fao also helped with animal feed and veterinary services.

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Fao 2013 report on the use and impact of CErF


Underfunded emergencies in 2013: Narrowing the Gap between Needs and ResourcesCErF was created to make humanitarian funding fast and fair, which is where its underfunded-emergencies window comes in. 2013 was a record year for this window, with $175 million going to programmes in 17 countries where the severity of needs exceeded the funding levels provided.

in many cases, these funds went to programmes that help people caught in less-visible crises that have limited international attention and donor support. based on the level of acute humanitarian needs, CErF also provided funding to programmes in larger, higher-profile emergencies in which programmes to address severe humanitarian needs faced funding shortfalls.

in 2013, relatively large amounts ($17 million to $20 million) were provided to aid agencies in afghanistan, Ethiopia, somalia, sudan and yemen. Four of these larger allocations were made early in the year, allowing agencies to better plan their activities for the rest of the year. given that the sums are small relative to the amounts needed (humanitarian appeals ranged from $475 million to $1.1 billion), CErF’s contributions also had to focus on where needs were most critical in these instances.

afghanistan: bridging the Funding Gapin march, CErF funding helped humanitarian agencies in afghanistan to carry out programmes that would have stalled.

a protracted humanitarian emergency from a mix of conflict and natural disasters continued with no immediate resolution in sight. in 2012, aid groups in afghanistan received less than 50 per cent of the funds needed to carry out humanitarian programmes, meaning agencies fell far short of their goals in many cases.

to make sure the most critical needs were addressed, CErF allocated nearly $17 million to enable humanitarian partners to bolster their operations and fill critical gaps in programmes to help some 680,000 people early in 2013. UNiCEF and WHo were able to establish and expand programmes that support the treatment of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition in nine conflict-affected provinces in south and south-east afghanistan.

CErF funding to the WFP-managed United Nations Humanitarian air service supported the continuation of safe and reliable air services to 160 organizations, allowing aid workers to access afghan people in hard-to-reach places.

by the end of the year, the afghanistan appeal received $351 million in funding, or 74 per cent of the funding required. but because CErF’s targeted contribution came early, its 5 per cent of the funds contributed played an important role in ensuring that humanitarian activities could start and continue until more funding was received.


YEMENlandmines and other explosive remnants of war have plagued the people of yemen for

decades. in 2013, thousands of people who had fled violent conflict in 2011 returned to areas that

had been heavily mined. but demining efforts were hampered by funding shortfalls.

a $2.3 million allocation from CErF’s underfunded-emergencies window in 2013 helped provide

safety for more than 3 million people, including more than 700,000 children under age 5.

CErF funds enabled humanitarians to provide mine-risk education and to survey, clear or

mark as hazardous more than 65.4 million m2 of land.

as most people in Yemen depend on agriculture, the release of arable land for grazing and farming was a major contribution to Yemen’s progress towards self-reliance.

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United Nations development Programme (UNdP) 2013 report on the use and impact of CErF

Nearly 200 victims of landmines and unexploded ordnance received medical-support items through programmes supported by CERF funding. © UNICEF


Chronic vulnerability in Ethiopia is frequently exacerbated by crises related to drought, flooding, disease, intercommunal conflict and refugee influxes from neighbouring countries.

in 2012, UN agencies advocated that poor funding left acute humanitarian needs unmet, resulting in decreased aid operations. Partly as a result of this, CErF allocated $17 million to support some 3 million people in Ethiopia in 2013. agencies carried out programmes in emergency food and therapeutic nutrition interventions, support to refugees, and the provision of emergency shelter and basic household items to people who fled their homes.

a WFP report stated: “With the timely allocation of CErF funding, WFP Ethiopia was able to procure food and bridge the commodity shortfall for a few months until contributions from other donors were confirmed later in the year.”

the report also highlighted a different type of value that the CErF allocation added: “CErF funds have helped to improve coordination at the federal and regional levels by bringing together UN agencies and partners involved in the intervention.”

Ethiopia: Sustaining Operations

The elderly await their share of food while sitting on piles of sacks in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region. © Jaspreet Kindra/IRIN

COLOMBIAFrequent natural disasters and one of the

world’s oldest armed conflicts have left millions of people in Colombia extremely vulnerable. yet many donors are not fully aware of the depth of

humanitarian need in the country.

For example, 256,000 Colombians (40 per cent of them children) were newly internally

displaced in 2013, and floods and landslides affected more than 116,000 people. However,

UNiCEF received only $1.5 million of the $5 million required to carry out humanitarian work.

CErF contributed almost $1.3 million (87 per cent) of that amount, which helped UNiCEF to maintain operations and protect thousands of children from forced displacement, landmine

accidents, sexual violence and forced recruitment by armed groups.

Thousands of children in Colombia have been displaced and need urgent humanitarian assistance. © WFP

Without the CERF grant, UNICEF would not have been able to sustain

[Internally Displaced Persons’] access to potable water supply

systems…CERF funding through the underfunded window was

vital in maintaining humanitarian services for

children in Colombia.

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UNiCEF 2013 report on the use and impact of CErF


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Effective Management of CERFCErF’s overall manager is Valerie amos, the Under-secretary-general for Humanitarian affairs and Emergency relief Coordinator, as designated by the United Nations secretary-general. support is provided by a New york-based secretariat within oCHa.

in 2013, the CErF secretariat continued to improve its management of the fund. most notably, it officially closed the management response Plan as a follow-up to the recommendations made in the five-year evaluation of the fund.

Performance and accountabilityCErF also reviewed the effectiveness of its Performance and accountability Framework (PaF), which is used to define, manage and monitor performance-and-accountability processes related to the fund’s operation. the PaF looks at CErF’s primary objectives and defines indicators for measuring CErF’s performance. it also calls for three to five independent country-level reviews of CErF’s added value per year.

in 2013, as part of the PaF, independent humanitarian consultants assessed CErF’s impact on the humanitarian responses in the sahel, drC, yemen and the Philippines. the reviews reaffirmed that the fund was a rapid source of funding and found that CErF’s support was crucial in enabling responses in smaller, less-visible emergencies with limited international donor presence.

an independent review of CErF’s PaF was commissioned in January 2013. the review found that the framework is solid and has achieved its main intended objectives. it commended the independent country reviews and emphasized that they have proven to be an important source of information, which reduces CErF’s reliance on self-reporting systems. the review also identified opportunities to improve the PaF to

better reflect issues that have evolved since it was designed, such as accountability to affected people, non-governmental organization (Ngo) partnerships and complementarity with country-based pooled funds. the CErF secretariat will implement the recommended changes in 2014.

Reporting on the Use of CERF Fundingto ensure greater accountability on the fund’s impact, improvements were made to the processes around annual narrative reports on the use of CErF funding. the reports are mandatory for every resident/Humanitarian Coordinator who receives funding in a given year, and they are published on CErF’s website. they highlight whether targets have been met and explain how funds have been used to meet life-saving humanitarian needs.

in 2013, following consultations with partners and the CErF advisory group, the CErF secretariat implemented a revised schedule, reducing the reporting burden on agencies. more importantly, the new schedule ensures that humanitarian agencies report soon after project implementation, concentrating more on lessons learned and allowing for better real-time analysis of the information.

Displaced people sit in the M’Poko airport camp in Bangui, CAR. © OCHA/Phil Moore


The CERF advisory Groupthe CErF advisory group provides the secretary-general with policy guidance on the use and impact of CErF. the 18-member group gives expert advice on the fund’s use and assesses its performance based on the objectives of the general assembly.

in 2013, the group met in may and November. it reviewed the use of the fund, and it considered a number of policy issues, including the closure of the management response Plan following the recommendations of its five-year evaluation of the fund, CErF’s PaF and its risk action plan.

the group also met with members of the inter-agency standing Committee to discuss progress made to improve the timeliness of the disbursement of CErF funds from agencies to their implementing partners. the group had the opportunity to speak with the UN Controller on the use of the fund’s programme support costs. the advisory group made recommendations to the secretary-general following both the may and November meetings.

CERF advisory Group Members:dr. Eltje aderholdHead of divison, task Force for Humanitarian aid of the Federal Foreign office. gErmaNy

dr. ahmed al-meraikhidirector of the department of international development, ministry of Foreign affairsdirector-general, Qatar development Fund. Qatar

mr. Jozef H.l.m. andriessendirector of the stabilisation and Humanitarian aid department, ministry of Foreign affairs. tHE NEtHErlaNds

ms. saadatou mallam barmouspecial advisor, Humanitarian and social actions, Cabinet of the Prime minister. NigEr

ms. Nancy butijerHead, division for Economic multilateral relations, Economic and social issues, ministry of Foreign and European affairs. Croatia

ms. susan Eckeyminister Counsellor, Permanent mission of Norway to the United Nations in New york. NorWay

mr. brouz ralph Enneric Coffiminister Plenipotentiary, Permanent mission of Côte d’ivoire to the United Nations. CÔtE d’iVoirE

ms. biya Hanadvisor, Korean international Cooperation agency. Humanitarian and emergency affairs specialist, World Vision Korea. rEPUbliC oF KorEa

ms. Jette michelsenCounsellor, Coordinator of Humanitarian affairs and Political Coordinator, Permanent mission of denmark to the United Nations. dENmarK

ms. susanna mooreheaddirector, Western and southern africa, department for international development. UNitEd KiNgdom

ms. yukie osaPresident, association for aid and relief, Japan, Professor in the department of sociology, rikkyo University. JaPaN

major general dr. Julius okettadirector, National Emergency operations and Coordination Centre, office of the Prime minister, department of relief, disaster Preparedness and management.UgaNda

mr. stephen salewiczdirector, international Humanitarian assistance directorate, Canadian international development agency. CaNada

mr. mathewos Hunde tulu (Vice Chair)disaster risk reduction/management advisor for the intergovernmental authority for development. EtHioPia

mr. Jan Vandemoortele, retired, UN resident/Humanitarian Coordinator and Humanitarian Expert. bElgiUm

ms. Catherine Walker (Chair)First assistant director-general, Humanitarian and stabilisation division and Humanitarian Coordinator, ausaid. aUstralia

mr. Wenliang yaoCommercial Counsellor, department of international trade and Economic affairs, ministry of Commerce. CHiNa

mr. Carlos Eduardo Zaballaspecial Consultant for international Cooperation and Humanitarian assistance, ministry of Foreign affairs. argENtiNa


Donor Support to CERFthe $477 million contributed to CErF for 2013 was the most ever contributed for a single year. it represented a $50 million increase over the previous year, and it exceeded the $450 million annual funding target set by the general assembly for the second time in three years. given the continuing economic downturn, this level of support constituted a strong endorsement of the fund’s effectiveness.

the fund’s 10 largest contributors provided almost 90 per cent of CErF funding, in keeping with the trend of the fund’s first eight years. For 2013, the United Kingdom, sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Canada, denmark, germany, belgium, australia and ireland provided some $445 million of the total contributed.

much of the record-breaking total is explained by $33.2 million in increases over the already generous 2012 contributions from the UK ($16 million increase), ireland ($8 million), spain ($4 million), australia ($2.3 million), switzerland ($1.6 million), Finland ($600,000), saudi arabia ($450,000), brazil ($250,000), iceland ($80,000), and mexico and turkey ($50,000 each).

another encouraging sign is that the number of United Nations general assembly member states that have contributed to CErF reached 125 in 2013 when mali, the twenty-first largest overall recipient of CErF funding, made a pledge.

despite these positive developments, the increasing support for CErF is not keeping pace with rapidly growing humanitarian needs. When CErF became operational in 2006, overall funding needs for common humanitarian appeals were $4.5 billion. but at the beginning of 2014, those needs had more than tripled to some $17 billion. With increasing global humanitarian needs, it is paramount that this funding level be sustained in 2014. it is encouraging that pledges at the High-level Conference for CErF in december 2013 increased by nearly $20 million over the previous year. but it is critical that this translates into contributions.

TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS to CERF

Trend by Fiscal Year (US$ millions)

284.3

368.4

425385.4

431.4

459.8 427.7

477.3

100

200

300

400

500

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

UNITED KINGDOM

SWEDEN

NORWAY

NETHERLANDS

CANADA

DENMARK

GERMANY

BELGIUM

AUSTRALIA

IRELAND

OTHER

111.2

86.9

78

52.1

28.8

23.2

20.3

19.1

18.6

12.2

56.6

89%$450million

TOP TEN CONTRIBUTORS in 2013

Received between 1 January and 31 December 2013 (US$ millions)


Resource Mobilization in keeping with a recommendation from its advisory group, the CErF secretariat will seek increased contributions from existing donors in 2014 and broaden its support by focusing more on developing select partnerships with private-sector companies. CErF will also continue to take steps to raise its profile through traditional media, as well as through high-profile campaigns and increased use of social media platforms, such as twitter.

by the time this document went to print, global humanitarian needs for 2014 had reached more than $16.9 billion. However, pledges to CErF in 2014 had not yet reached the target of $450 million. as UN secretary-general ban Ki-moon said at CErF’s annual High-level Conference in december 2013: “these are uncertain economic times for many, but i urge you to give generously and to give early, so CErF can help as many people as possible in 2014. i count on all of you to contribute much-needed funds that are—literally—life or death for hundreds of thousands of people.”

CAR: Central african republic

CERF: Central Emergency response Fund

DRC: democratic republic of the Congo

ERC: Emergency relief Coordinator

FAO: Food and agriculture organization

HAP: Haiyan action Plan

IOM: international organization for migration

NGO: non-governmental organization

OCHA: UN office for the Coordination of Humanitarian affairs

PAF: Performance and accountability Framework

UN: United Nations

UNDP: United Nations development Programme

UNHCR: UN refugee agency

UNICEF: UN Children’s Fund

WFP: World Food Programme

WHO: World Health organization

acronyms and abbreviations


Marketing CERF in 2013, CErF significantly expanded its activities to draw attention to the fund and demonstrate its positive impact. two major campaigns helped to achieve this.

the first, launched in February, brought together internationally renowned musicians david guetta, Usher and taio Cruz in a five-minute film urging people to donate to CErF to help families affected by the food crisis in africa’s sahel region.

“music is a powerful way to bring people together,” said mr. guetta, who donated the track “Without you” for the oCHa-led campaign.

the second campaign was launched in august when oCHa, the UN Foundation, UNdP, the international Council of Voluntary agencies and private-sector partners teamed up for World Humanitarian day. the campaign encouraged the public to use sms and social media to “unlock” donations from companies such as intel and Western Union in support of CErF and oCHa-managed country-based pooled funds.

the campaign culminated with the launch of the music video for “one Voice”—a song by mr. guetta and singer mikky Ekko. at the event, UN secretary-general ban Ki-moon introduced the video. it was projected onto the iconic glass-and-marble facade of the United Nations Headquarters in New york, along with an interactive twitter wall that allowed thousands of social media users from around the globe to participate.

CErF also worked with oCHa and recipient agencies in field locations to produce people-centred stories, photo essays and films about the fund’s impact on people’s lives. Content was distributed widely through CErF and oCHa’s online platforms and social media, and through partner networks including reliefWeb.

CErF’s twitter profile—@uncerf—now has more than 16,000 followers. CErF has used this strong following to engage with a diverse audience, including humanitarian partners, journalists, academics and the public.

I just thought about what it would

be like if I did not have enough food to feed my family. So I decided to lend my

voice and ask people to help spread the

word.

“

david guetta

In November 2013, international music star David Guetta launched his music video “One Voice” at UN Headquarters in support of the “The World Needs More…” campaign. The campaign’s website raised funds for aid efforts in the world’s most underfunded crises, with a portion going to CERF. © UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe


annex I Contributions pledged

annex II Total grants allocated by country or area

annex III Rapid-response grants allocated

annex IV Underfunded-emergencies grants allocated

annex VBreakdown of allocations by emergency type, humanitarian sector, agency and region


annex I Contributions pledged (1 January to 31 December 2013) (US$)

Member States and Observers Pledged contributions aafghanistan 1,000

andorra 19,646

argentina 70,000

armenia 5,000

australia 18,255,578

austria 271,370

azerbaijan 39,820

belgium 19,283,747

bhutan 1,500

brazil 1,000,000

Canada 28,627,069

Chile 30,000

China 500,000

Colombia 100,000

denmark 24,565,808

djibouti 1,000

Estonia 102,864

Finland 9,162,304

France 388,098

germany 19,893,899

greece 50,000

guyana 2,184

Hungary 20,353

iceland 180,000 b

india 500,000

indonesia 200,000

ireland 6,515,938 c

italy 653,350

Japan 2,987,013

Kuwait 500,000

latvia 40,948

liechtenstein 273,523

luxembourg 6,105,834

mexico 350,000

monaco 64,990

mongolia 10,000

morocco 5,000

montenegro 3,000

mozambique 2,000

Member States and Observers Pledged contributions aNetherlands 52,356,021

New Zealand 1,661,130

Norway 69,355,722

Pakistan - d

Peru 25,000

Poland 248,162

Portugal 67,935

Qatar 3,000,000

republic of Korea 4,000,000

romania 34,435

russian Federation 1,000,000

saudi arabia 450,000

serbia 7,000

singapore 50,000

slovenia 68,726

south africa 274,469

spain 9,239,500 e

sri lanka 10,000

sweden 75,124,544

switzerland 7,337,526

thailand 20,000

turkey 250,000

United arab Emirates 70,000

United Kingdom 107,477,583

United states 4,000,000

Uruguay 5,000

Viet Nam - d

sovereign military order of malta 5,000

member states and observers total 476,920,589

others Pledged contributionsgovernment of Flanders (belgium) 401,430

Private donations outside United Nations Foundation (under $50,000) 10,880

Private donations through United Nations Foundation (under $50,000) - f

Western Union - f

others total 412,310

total 477,332,899

a Contributions may differ from the originally recorded pledges owing to fluctuations in exchange rates.

b includes the $50,000 pledge for 2012 from iceland, which was communicated and paid in 2013.

c the €5,000,000 pledge for 2013 from ireland, which was paid in 2012, was reported in the 2012 report.

d the pledges for 2013 from Pakistan ($10,000) and Viet Nam ($10,000) were communicated and paid in 2014 and will be reflected in next year’s report.

e includes the €2,000,000 pledge for 2012 from spain, which was communicated and paid in 2013.

f Contributions from Western Union ($50,000) and private donations ($15,787) collected through the United Nations Foundation were received in 2014 and will be reflected in next year’s report.


Country or area Rapid response Underfunded Total disbursements afghanistan - 16,574,042 16,574,042

algeria - 2,984,040 2,984,040

bangladesh - 2,000,642 2,000,642

bolivia 2,464,176 - 2,464,176

burundi 3,479,171 2,970,162 6,449,333

Cameroon 4,188,872 - 4,188,872

Central african republic 15,883,792 - 15,883,792

Chad 4,881,818 8,205,856 13,087,674

Colombia - 3,493,954 3,493,954

Congo 751,772 - 751,772

democratic People's republic of Korea 2,102,708 12,996,679 15,099,387

democratic republic of the Congo 12,057,344 12,057,344

djibouti - 6,307,018 6,307,018

Eritrea - 3,055,305 3,055,305

Ethiopia 6,972,905 17,000,030 23,972,935

guinea 2,239,156 - 2,239,156

guinea bissau 3,166,825 - 3,166,825

Haiti - 7,480,100 7,480,100

iraq 9,999,143 - 9,999,143

Jordan 14,754,548 - 14,754,548

Kenya 3,039,186 - 3,039,186

lao People's democratic republic 753,504 - 753,504

lebanon 17,531,518 - 17,531,518

liberia - 2,991,937 2,991,937

madagascar 5,000,000 3,003,483 8,003,483

malawi 8,049,782 - 8,049,782

mali 17,883,983 - 17,883,983

marshall islands 1,000,000 - 1,000,000

mauritania 4,470,372 4,008,632 8,479,004

mozambique 5,842,338 - 5,842,338

myanmar 4,999,616 2,999,832 7,999,448

Niger 6,409,438 7,891,736 14,301,174

Nigeria 6,431,433 - 6,431,433

occupied Palestinian territory 4,533,266 - 4,533,266

Pakistan 3,888,565 10,001,780 13,890,345

Philippines 33,297,068 2,998,998 36,296,066

rwanda 5,544,797 - 5,544,797

senegal 3,038,387 - 3,038,387

somalia 1,415,815 19,787,197 21,203,012

south sudan 11,586,879 - 11,586,879

sudan 30,525,358 16,922,090 47,447,448

syrian arab republic 40,403,809 - 40,403,809

Uganda 4,974,413 3,999,807 8,974,220

yemen 2,000,492 16,800,822 18,801,314

Zimbabwe 1,967,415 - 1,967,415

total 307,529,664 174,474,142 482,003,806

Note: the amount of total allocated funds in this annex is based on the approval of the Under-secretary-general of oCHa and Emergency relief Coordinator.

annex II Total grants allocated by country or area (1 January to 31 December 2013)(US$)


annex III Rapid-response grants allocated (1 January to 31 December 2013)(US$)

Country or area Rapid response bolivia 2,464,176

burundi 3,479,171

Cameroon 4,188,872

Central african republic 15,883,792

Chad 4,881,818

Congo 751,772

democratic People's republic of Korea 2,102,708

democratic republic of the Congo 12,057,344

Ethiopia 6,972,905

guinea 2,239,156

guinea bissau 3,166,825

iraq 9,999,143

Jordan 14,754,548

Kenya 3,039,186

lao People's democratic republic 753,504

lebanon 17,531,518

madagascar 5,000,000

malawi 8,049,782

mali 17,883,983

marshall islands 1,000,000

mauritania 4,470,372

mozambique 5,842,338

myanmar 4,999,616

Niger 6,409,438

Nigeria 6,431,433

occupied Palestinian territory 4,533,266

Pakistan 3,888,565

Philippines 33,297,068

rwanda 5,544,797

senegal 3,038,387

somalia 1,415,815

south sudan 11,586,879

sudan 30,525,358

syrian arab republic 40,403,809

Uganda 4,974,413

yemen 2,000,492

Zimbabwe 1,967,415

total 307,529,664



annex IV Underfunded-emergencies grants allocated (1 January to 31 December 2013) (US$)


Country or area First round Second round Totals

afghanistan 16,574,042 - 16,574,042

algeria 2,984,040 - 2,984,040

bangladesh - 2,000,642 2,000,642

burundi 2,970,162 - 2,970,162

Chad - 8,205,856 8,205,856

Colombia - 3,493,954 3,493,954

democratic People's republic of Korea 7,001,300 5,995,379 12,996,679

djibouti 3,312,737 2,994,281 6,307,018

Eritrea 3,055,305 - 3,055,305

Ethiopia 17,000,030 - 17,000,030

Haiti 5,985,036 1,495,064 7,480,100

liberia 2,991,937 - 2,991,937

madagascar - 3,003,483 3,003,483

mauritania - 4,008,632 4,008,632

myanmar - 2,999,832 2,999,832

Niger - 7,891,736 7,891,736

Pakistan - 10,001,780 10,001,780

Philippines - 2,998,998 2,998,998

somalia - 19,787,197 19,787,197

sudan 16,922,090 - 16,922,090

Uganda 3,999,807 - 3,999,807

yemen 16,800,822 - 16,800,822

total 174,474,142


annex VBreakdown of allocations by emergency type, humanitarian sector, agency and region (1 January to 31 December 2013)(US$)

2013 grants by emergency type Rapid-response window Underfunded-emergencies window TotalsConflict-related displacement/internal strife 208,028,873 68,164,064 276,192,937

Protracted humanitarian emergencies - 68,453,775 68,453,775Floods and hurricanes 49,295,722 - 49,295,722Protracted conflict related 4,533,266 36,361,239 40,894,505

drought 19,686,585 - 19,686,585disease 14,481,580 1,495,064 15,976,644

locusts 6,506,314 - 6,506,314Earthquakes 4,997,324 - 4,997,324total 307,529,664 174,474,142 482,003,806

2013 grants by humanitarian sector Rapid-response window Underfunded-emergencies window TotalsFood 80,002,339 33,713,545 113,715,884

Health 47,288,776 27,955,143 75,243,919

Water and sanitation 39,148,937 19,544,181 58,693,118

multi-sector response to refugees and migrants 40,553,650 15,345,522 55,899,172

agriculture 18,924,357 20,039,619 38,963,976

shelter and non-food items 28,581,803 7,034,936 35,616,739

Health/nutrition 9,756,043 23,918,363 33,674,406

Protection/human rights/rule of law 11,546,071 13,043,709 24,589,780

Css - UN Humanitarian air service 5,467,821 7,455,024 12,922,845

Camp management 10,366,630 1,097,795 11,464,425

Css - logistics 5,609,928 605,502 6,215,430

Education 3,106,768 2,326,730 5,433,498

mine action 1,034,733 2,301,225 3,335,958

Css - telecom and data 2,933,770 - 2,933,770

security 1,708,016 92,848 1,800,864

Economic recovery and infrastructure 1,500,022 - 1,500,022

total 307,529,664 174,474,142 482,003,806

Css: Coordination support services

2013 grants by agency Rapid-response window Underfunded-emergencies window TotalsWFP 94,242,751 48,756,417 142,999,168

UNiCEF 70,833,358 45,200,592 116,033,950

UNHCr 47,912,203 22,023,943 69,936,146

WHo 29,601,749 19,887,708 49,489,457

Fao 18,822,793 18,575,096 37,397,889

iom 20,552,906 8,258,427 28,811,333

UNFPa 7,915,684 6,490,839 14,406,523

UNrWa 9,449,757 - 9,449,757

UNdP 5,325,772 3,653,014 8,978,786

UNoPs 1,361,821 409,050 1,770,871

UN Habitat 499,999 720,001 1,220,000

UN Women 575,168 - 575,168

UNEsCo 349,996 166,049 516,045

UNaids - 233,280 233,280oHCHr 85,707 99,726 185,433

total 307,529,664 174,474,142 482,003,806

2013 grants by region Rapid-response window Underfunded-emergencies window Totalsafrica 169,801,251 99,127,293 268,928,544

middle East 89,222,776 16,800,822 106,023,598

latin america and the Caribbean 2,464,176 10,974,054 13,438,230

asia 46,041,461 47,571,973 93,613,434

total 307,529,664 174,474,142 482,003,806


CErF was born out of necessity and continues through generosity. donors

enable CErF to support emergency life-saving humanitarian activities throughout the world. as

crises persist, so does our resolve. With your help, we respond.

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